Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve
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Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve is on the Coromandel
Peninsula in New Zealand, covering an area of 840 hectares (2,100 acres).
The area is very popular with tourists, and receives around 150,000 visitors per
year. The Māori name Te Whanganui-A-Hei (the Great Bay of Hei) refers to Hei, a
tohunga from the Te Arawa waka.
According to tradition, Hei chose the area around Mercury Bay as home for his
tribe, proclaiming ownership by calling Motueka Island "Te Kuraetanga-o-taku-Ihu"
(the outward curve of my nose.)
It is said he made this claim near the site of the present-day of Hahei.
The cave and beach was used as the tunnel through which the Pevensie children
first re-enter Narnia in the movie version of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian. More recently the cove was used as one of the locations in the music
video for the song "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray
Dalton.
Check out the details and definitely plan your next vacation to New Zealand to
enjoy an exotic vacation.
Getting There
This tourist attraction is well serviced by public transport including taxis,
buses and shuttle.
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